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Temporary Director General of the Prison Service
Mr. Redmond: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what directions have been issued to the temporary Director General of the Prison Service as to the title he should append to his signature; and if he will make a statement. [8050]
Miss Widdecombe: No such directions have been issued.
Mobile Phones
Mr. William Ross: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many mobile telephones have been supplied to his Department for in each of the last eight years; and in each of those years how many different suppliers were involved. [8041]
Mr. Howard: The number of mobile telephones supplied to my Department in the last three years was 180 in 1993, 209 in 1994 and 483 in 1995, from four, four, and eight suppliers respectively. In the previous five years, 829 mobile telephones were procured using three suppliers. The figures are approximate because they may not include some mobile telephones supplied to areas of my Department with devolved responsibility for the provision of telecommunications. More precise details would be available only at disproportionate cost.
Director General of the Prison Service
Mr. Gordon Prentice: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what measures of performance will be included in the job description of the Director General of the Prison Service; and what (a) salary and (b) other emoluments their achievement will bring. [8128]
Mr. Howard: I refer the hon. Member to the reply given to him on 5 December, Official Report, column 204.
Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994
Sir Michael Shersby: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many times the powers in section 60 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 have been used since they became available; and if he will publish information in respect of each of the police forces in England and Wales. [8219]
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Mr. Maclean: Figures are not yet available. Statistics on the use of these powers will be published later this year and thereafter on an annual basis.
Immigration Service (Pay)
Mr. Alex Carlile: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) for how long performance-related pay has been available to (a) executive officers, (b) higher executive officers and (c) other officials within the immigration service; and if he will make a statement; [8162]
- (2) what criteria are used to judge the eligibility for performance-related pay of (a) executive officers, (b) higher executive officers and (c) other officials within the immigration service, in terms of (i) cash and (ii) proportion of overall salary; and if he will make a statement; [8163]
Mr. Simon Hughes: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what mechanisms exist to provide performance-related pay to (a) executive officers, (b) higher executive officers and (c) other officials within the immigration service; [8164]
- (2) what is the upper limit of performance-related pay available to (a) executive officers, (b) higher executive officers and (c) other officials within the immigration service, in terms of (i) cash, and (ii) proportion of overall salary; [8165]
(3) when changes were last introduced to the system of provision of performance-related pay to (a) executive officers, (b) higher executive officers and (c) other officials within the immigration services; and what those changes were. [8166]
Mr. Howard: Arrangements for performance-related pay for executive grades, including immigration service staff, have been in place since April 1989 following negotiations between HM Treasury and the national unions. It is awarded for different levels of performance, assessed on the basis of markings in annual individual appraisal reports. There are currently three levels of reward for individuals, depending on whether their performance is judged to be fully satisfactory, significantly above requirements, or outstanding. The amount varies according to the overall performance marking attained and the point reached on the pay band. Lump sum non-consolidated payments are made to those on the maximum of their pay band.
Structural changes to the performance pay system were last made, across the whole of the civil service, in 1992. The previous mixed incremental/performance pay system was replaced by one in which pay is much more clearly performance related.
The arrangements in the Home Office are currently undergoing a major review, in the light of the impending delegation of pay responsibility from the Treasury.
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Mr. Alex Carlile:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what decision he has made in respect of the deportation of Hocine Dib to Algeria; and if he will make a statement. [8244]
Mr. Kirkhope:
Mr. Dib is an illegal entrant, rather than a person who is being dealt with under deportation powers. His case is being reviewed in the light of the recent decision of the Court of Appeal to grant him leave to move for a judicial review.
Mr. Carlile:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many Algerians were deported from the United Kingdom in (a) 1993, (b) 1994 and (c) 1995; and if he will make a statement. [8243]
Mr. Kirkhope:
The information requested is given in the table:
| Year | Number of persons |
|---|---|
| 1993 | 65 |
| 1994 | 29 |
| 1995(13) | (14)13 |
(12) Including "voluntary" departures after deportation action had been initiated but excluding illegal entrants removed.
(13) January to September.
(14) Provisional figure.
British Citizenship
Mr. MacShane: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list for each year since 1982 the number of children or minors born abroad and having as a parent a British citizen whom he or his predecessors have (a) registered or (b) refused to register as British citizens under section 3(1) of the British Nationality Act 1981. [8245]
Mr. Kirkhope: Records of the nationality of the parents of minors who apply for British citizenship or the number of applications under section 3(1) which are refused are not kept. The number of applications granted where the applicant was born abroad is as follows:
1983: 2,033
1984: 8,462
1985: 10,145
1986: 8,527
1987: 8,533
1988: 6,060
1989: 10,797
1990: 8,588
1991: 9,471
1992: 7,800
1993: 7,737
1994: 7,232
1995: 6,610
Environmental Pollution Report
Ms Ruddock: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department on what dates and on what matters in connection with the 18th report of the Royal
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Commission on environmental pollution, "Transport and the Environment", he has made representations to the Secretary of State for Transport; and if he will give further details of the dates and subjects of those representations. [9166]
Mr. Howard: I have made no representations to the Secretary of State for Transport on the 18th report of the Royal Commission on environmental pollution.
Asylum Seekers
Mr. Morgan: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will give the figures for the number of asylum applicants in 1995 residing in Wales at the time of application, the figures for the success and failure of these applications, the number still to be determined and the number of appeals. [9078]
Mr. Kirkhope: Information on the places of residence of people currently seeking asylum is not held centrally.
Airline Passengers
Mr. Wigley: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will seek to amend the Data Protection Act 1984 in order to permit the staff of airlines operating in the United Kingdom to give out information concerning passengers flying into or out of the United Kingdom, to next of kin who require confirmation or otherwise that a person has travelled with that airline. [9387]
Mr. Sackville: No amendment to the Data Protection Act is necessary. The Act permits disclosure of data to any category of person described as a potential recipient in the relevant entry in the data protection register. Whether an airline may disclose data to next of kin therefore depends on the terms in which it was registered. Only the airline can decide, in cases where disclosure is permissible, whether it would be appropriate to disclose in any given situation.
European Police Office
Mr. Spearing: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when the text of the convention concerning the establishment of a European police office, signed in Brussels on 26 July 1995, Cm 3050, was presented to Parliament by Her Majesty's Government; what notification of the terms of the convention was given to Select Committees of either House; and when he expects to lay the convention before Parliament for ratification. [8255]
Mr. Howard [holding answer 11 January 1996]: The Europol convention was published, and laid before Parliament, on 8 December 1995.
An explanatory note on the then draft convention was submitted on 22 February 1994. Supplementary explanatory notes, with revised drafts of the convention, were provided on 17 November 1994 and 31 May 1995. The final text of the convention, together with an accompanying explanatory note, was forwarded on 28 July last year.
We expect to ratify the convention in the near future.
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